Cranky baby in the evening?

My 6 wk old son is v cranky in the evening.. gassy too.. but pssing motions and gases.. tummy is soft.. ... he cries loudly. But he stops when i start him breast feeding.. how do i know that he just wants to cluster feed or its a proper colic??

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Is he getting enough sleep during the day? LO (little one) has been having this. She’s getting interested now in the world around her but had been overstimulated. Come evening she’s been overtired and too stressed to settle. Result- Total meltdown!

I’m now trying to make sure she has no more than 2 hrs of wake time at a time. There’s some fuss about going down but it saves a meltdown later on. Doesn’t always work but mostly does x

Is he getting enough sleep during the day? LO has been having this. She’s...

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13/02/2018

Is he getting enough sleep during the day? LO has been having this. She’s getting interested now in the world around her but had been overstimulated. Come evening she’s been overtired and too stressed to settle. Result- Total meltdown!

I’m now trying to make sure she has no more than 2 hrs of wake time at a time. There’s some fuss about going down but it saves a meltdown later on. Doesn’t always work but mostly does x

Sometimes he doesnt sleep well.. sometimes he does.. he is awke in the evenings quite often and sleeps while breast feeding.. but thats only for a period of 15 to 20 min.. tgen he is awke agin..

My baby is the same. As much as I know they think gas pain is hunger pain. It should pass once they start farting and give gentle tommy massage. It works for my little one. And feed your baby in a sitting position as it helps with wind. 😊

I could be wrong, but it sounds like he's is either over stimulated or it’s just his cranky time. My sons cranky time is around 4pm and again at 3am 😩👍

Ours is almost 6 weeks old and we’re trying to get him into a basic routine.
Can I suggest what we do: bath and pjs around 6pm, from then onwards we dim lights, talk gentler, tv is quieter and we feed him on demand to keep him calm. He was particularly grumpy last week, but this week is getting better and fingers crossed he’s starting to benefit from what we’re doing.

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